Tie puller



A'. J. BEARDSLEY TIE FULLER March 8, H949.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 3, 1948 A fa/*nays March 8, 1949- A. J. BEARDSLEY TIE FULLER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 3, 1948 I INVENTCR. 7 /4/@5/"2 A 5 Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TIE FULLER Albert J. Beardsley, Lance Creek, Wyo.

Application February 3, 1948, Serial No. 5,997

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in means for pulling railway ties endwise out of their position under the rails without removing the rails, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a more efficient and more easily operated device of this character whose employment saves time and labor in removing the ties.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of the above indicated character which is more si-mply and ruggedly constructed whereby wear and breakage in ordinary service are practically eliminated, and which can be readily repaired when necessary.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings. wherein, for purpose of illustration only, a presently preferred embodiment of the invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the device illustrated.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 4 ls a vertical transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the device applied for removing a tie from under a pair of rails.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5 showing the handle of the device in starting position with the device engaged with the tie, and,

Figure 7 is a similar view showing the handle at the end of a stroke, with the tie moved endwise ya corresponding distance toward the right relative to the rails.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the herein illustrated railway tie puller according to the present invention comprises body consisting of a pair of angle iron pieces 8 with their horizontal flanges 9 oppositely disposed in the same plane and their vertical flanges IB parallel and engaged with the opposite sides of an elongated plate l I having its upper edge I2 on a level with the upperV edge of the vertical flanges Il), with bolts or the like I3 traversing the vertical flanges I0 and the plate II at longitudinally spaced intervals. The angle irons are of greater length than the gauge of or the distance between rails with which the device is to be used, but at one end of the device, the left hand end thereof in the drawings, the plate II stops short of the angle irons as indicated at I5 to dei-lne an open ended slot I6.

The portion of the plate II below the angle irons 8 is formed with notches of uniform-shape and length at equally spaced intervals so as to define rail engaging teeth Il having acutely angulated edges I8 on the side -away from the slot i6, facilitating endwise movement of the device across the rails when placing the same in position and having right angular edges I9 on the opposite side for four-square engagement with a rail in a manner to preclude endwise movement of the device, for example, toward the left in the drawings, when the device is in position on a rail.

A horizontal transverse pivot 2!! traversing the vertical flanges Iii of the angle irons and extending across the outer end of the slot I6 forms the fulcrum for the lever handle 2l, which has a squared forward end portion 22 positioned in the slot I6 with the pivot 29 passing through the squared portion at a point intermediate its ends, so that the outer end of said squared portion can extend beyond and below the adjacent end of the device, as indicated in Figures 6 and 7, for example.

The outer or forward end of the squared portion 22 of the lever handle is bifurcated as indicated at 23 to receive the upper end of a tie impaling hook 24, with a pivot 25 traversing the upper end vof the hook and the forward terminal of the forward end of said squared portion 22.

The tie impaling hook 24 comprises a straight shank 25 terminating at its lower end in a pointed crook 2l arranged to be driven downwardly by a mallet (not shown) into the top of the tie 28 to be removed endwise from under the rails 29 and 3D, respectively, after removal of the tie plates 3|.

In order to use the device of the invention, the body thereof is placed across one of the rails usually by moving the body in a right hand direction, in the showing of the accompanying drawings, so that the device overlies the right hand rail 30, with the forward end of the body somewhat to the right of the left hand rail 2Q, as shown in Figure 6, and with the right angular edge I9 of one of the teeth I1 engaged with the right hand side of the head of the right hand rail With the handle lever extending in a right hand direction in the substantially reclining position shown in .Figiue 6, and the impaling hook 24 in a forwardly reaching position, the crook Z'I of the impaling hook is driven into the top of the tie 23 underlying the rails 29 and 3c, the tie plates connecting the rails to the tie 23 having been removed. The handle lever is then pulled upwardly and swung over toward the left, so as to displace the tie 28 toward the right, as indicated in Figure 7. In order to advance the tie another step, the body of the device is lifted from the right hand rail 30 and advanced toward the right so as to engage another one of the teeth Il with the right hand rail 30, and the handle lever 2l is restored to the right hand starting position and the hook 24 to starting position, whereupon the handle lever is again lifted and pushed toward the end of stroke position shownv in Figure 7. These advances of the device to successively new positions of engagement with the right hand rail 30, followed by operation of the handle lever 2| are repeated until the tie 28 has been displaced to a position from which it can be removed from under the right hand rail 3i).

What is claimed is:

1. In a device for displacing a railway tie from under a pair of rails, an elongated body having longitudinally spaced teeth adapted to be successively engaged with one of the rails by moving said body across the said one rail in a direction away froml the other rail as the tie is displaced stepwise, a lever handle pivoted on said body at the end of said body adjacent to said other rail to swing in a vertical plane extending through the length of said body, a tie impaling hook pivoted to depend from the lower end of said handle having a tie piercing point on its lower end adapted to be driven into the top of the tie with the hook reaching toward said other rail and said handle tilted toward said one rail in itsv starting position, said handle then being adapted to be swung on its pivotal axis toward saidother rail so as to` move saidhook in the opposite direction and displace said tie endwise one step in a direction away from said otherrail, said body comprising a pair of angle irons having vertical flanges and horizontal flanges, said horizontal flanges being oppositely laterally outwardly directed and arranged to rest upon said one rail, an elongated ,plate arrangedy in a vertical plane and secured to and between said vertical flanges and depending below said .horizontal flanges and notched to define said longitudinally spaced teeth.

2. In a device for displacing. a railway tie from under a pair of rails, an elongated body having longitudinally spaced teeth adaptedl to be successively engaged with one of the rails by moving said body across the said one rail in a direction away from the other rail as the tie is displaced stepwise, a lever handle pivoted on said body at the end of said body adjacent to said other rail to swing in a vertical plane extending through the length of said body, a tie impaling hook pivoted to depend -from the lower end of said handle having a tie piercing point on its lower end adapted to be driven into the topk of the tie with the hook reaching toward said other rail and said handle tilted toward said one rail in its starting position, said handle then being 4 adapted to be swung on its pivotal axis toward said other rail so as to move said hook in the opposite direction and displace said tie endwise one step in a direction away from said other rail, said body comprising a pair of angle irons having vertical flanges and horizontal flanges, said horizontal flanges being oppositely laterally outwardly directed and arranged to rest upon said one rail, an elongated .plate arranged in a ver tical plane and secured to and between said vertical anges and depending below said horizontal anges and notched to dene said longitudinally spaced teeth, said elongated plate terminating short of the ends of said angle irons adjacent to said other rail so as to define a slot in which a portion of said handle is operatively positioned between the vertical flanges of said angle irons.

3. In a device for displacing a railway tie from under a pair of rails, an elongated body having longitudinally spaced teeth adapted to be successively engaged with one of the rails by moving said body across the said one rail in a direction away from the other rail as the tie is displaced stepwise, a lever handle pivoted on said body at the end of said body adjacent to said other rail to swing in a vertical plane extending through the length of said body, a tie impaling hook pivoted to depend from the lower end of said handle having a tie piercingy point on its lower end adapted to be driven into the top of the tie with the hook reaching toward said other rail and said handle tilted toward said oneY rail in its starting position, said handle then being adapted to be swung on its pivotal axis toward said other rail so as to move said hook in the opposite direction and displace said tie endwise one step in a direction away from said other rail, said' body coinprising a pair of angle irons having vertical flanges and horizontal flanges, said horizontal anges being oppositely laterally outwardly directed and arranged to rest upon said one rail, an elongated plate arranged in a vertical plane and secured to and between said vertical flanges and depending below said horizontal flanges and notched to define said longitudinally spaced teeth, said elongated plate terminating short of the ends of said angle irons adjacent to said other rail so as to define a slot in which a portion of said handle is operatively positioned between the vertical flanges of said angle irons, said portion of the handle being bifurcated with the upper end of said tie impaling hook positioned between the bifurcations.

ALBERT J. BEARDSLEY,

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Smith June 2, 1,395

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